Staff Data Analyst (Hybrid)

Weedmaps • Austin, TX

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Data Analyst at Weedmaps, you will shape how the business understands and acts on data insights. You will be a key thought leader helping senior leadership from across the business turn their objectives into data strategies that drive multi-million dollar decisions. Rather than waiting for requests, you will proactively identify opportunities, challenge assumptions with data, and publish insights to the broader cannabis industry. Your strong proficiency in SQL, combined with your resourceful nature, will allow you to transform large, messy data into tangible recommendations for the business. You will also help us migrate from Tableau to a new BI tool, creating dashboards and reports that senior executives will use to run the business. You will serve as a mentor to more junior colleagues and help improve the quality and sophistication of analysis and visualization. You will help build reusable tools that other analysts can build on, being a force multiplier for the entire team. This is a high-visibility role combining execution with strategic influence.

Requirements

• 8+ years working in a data analytics, product analytics or business intelligence role, with a proven track record of influencing executive decision making through data storytelling and strategic recommendations
• Extensive experience performing complex analyses on large user-level datasets and translating insights into strategic business recommendations across a variety of domains
• Experience working collaboratively with senior leadership across multiple areas of the business
• History of proactively identifying areas of opportunity without waiting for the business to ask, including seeking evidence and building business cases for the value of these ideas
• Expert SQL skills with demonstrated ability to uncover new insights from complex, messy datasets (10B+ rows)
• Deep understanding of advanced analytics and data visualization
• Hands-on experience with building and maintaining production-level dashboards in BI tools like Looker and Sigma
• Solid understanding of dbt cloud
• Extensive hands-on experience with version control platforms and processes
• Familiarity with python and Streamlit
• Hands-on experience using AI in your work to drive greater impact

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multiple BI platforms, preferably Sigma
• Prior experience leading BI platform migrations
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments where you had to balance scrappiness with scalability
• Experience presenting to C-suite audiences or publishing external thought leadership
• Strong python skills
• Experience in a two-sided marketplace or e-commerce environment
• Knowledge of the cannabis industry and marketplace

Responsibilities

• Create high quality, scalable analytic and data products, dashboards and reports and Streamlit
• Partner with executives from Product, Marketing, Revenue, and other as their data strategist, becoming a trusted thought partner helping them achieve their objectives with data
• Lead the migration from Tableau to a new BI solution, ensuring minimal business disruption during the process
• Design and build the executive dashboards that run the business, including weekly operational metrics, board-level KPIs, and strategic planning tools
• Publish external thought leadership on cannabis market trends in collaboration with our content team
• Define, build, and document new metrics to capture business requirements in dbt and Snowflake
• Translate ambiguous business requests into actionable plans for multiple analysts to execute against
• Effectively communicate complex technical themes to non-technical audiences
• Turn SQL queries into repeatable performant models in dbt Cloud without assistance from other developers
• Guide and mentor other analysts on the team and across the organization, including code reviews, pair coding sessions, and architectural assistance
• Champion data quality and analytical rigor and set the standard for what good looks like

Benefits

• Physical Health (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 100% employer-paid premium for employees
• Up to 80% coverage for dependents
• Up to $2,000 company HSA contribution with the High Deductible Health Plan
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (employer will match contribution up to 3.5% of employee contribution)
• Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
• Supplemental, voluntary benefits
• Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings with a monthly company contribution
• FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Identity theft protection
• Legal access to a network of attorneys
• PTO, paid sick leave, and company holidays (including a 2026 holiday shutdown)
• Paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees